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a Long Walk to peace
Nelson Mandela
K: What I Know
W: What I Want to Know
H: How I Will Find Out
L: What I Learned
Nobel Prize Biography
Autobiographical Excerpt
my Notes
Setting a Purpose for reading
• As you read the excerpt from Nelson Mandela’s autobiography, underline the sentences that refer to freedom and hunger.
• Circle unknown words and phrases. Try to determine the meanings of the words by using context clues, word parts, or a dictionary.
• Put a star next to vivid imagery.
Long Walk to Freedom:
With Connections
by Nelson Mandela
1 I was not born with a hunger to be free. I was born free — free in every way that I could know. Free to run in the fields near my mother’s hut, free to swim in the clear stream that ran through my village, free to roast mealies under the stars and ride the broad backs of slow-moving bulls. As long as I obeyed my father and abided by the customs of my tribe, I was not troubled by the laws of man or God.
About the Author
Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) was an anti-apartheid activist who spend many years in a South African jail. After his release in 1990, he was elected the first black president of South Africa. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
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